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About Larabal Village

Larabal is a small village in Beerwah tehsil, in the district of Badgam, Jammu and Kashmir. The Census of India 2011 recorded a population of 419, made up of 218 males and 201 females. That works out to a sex ratio of about 922 females per 1000 males. The village covers 26.8 hectares hectares. Its pincode is 193411, shared with the other villages in the same post office area.

Larabal Overview

Census 2011 figures for Larabal village
Description Value
State Jammu and Kashmir
District Badgam
Tehsil Beerwah
Pincode 193411
Area (hectares) 26.8 hectares
Population 419
Male Population 218
Female Population 201
Sex Ratio (females per 1000 males) 922
Bus Service (public) Available within 5 - 10 km distance
Bus Service (private) Available within village
Nearest Railway Station Available within 10+ km distance

How Larabal compares

By the 2011 count Larabal is the 88th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, which puts it among the smaller settlements locally, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents. Its 26.8 hectares work out to about 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area. On the sex ratio, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 889.

Getting to Larabal

Larabal is served by buses within the village, though the nearest railway station is further out. The census records public bus service for Larabal as Available within 5 - 10 km distance. Private bus service is recorded as Available within village. For rail, the census notes the nearest railway station as Available within 10+ km distance. These entries describe what was recorded in 2011 and services may have changed since.

How far is Larabal from other places

Larabal lies about 12 km from Badgam, and the nearest railway station is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 11 km away. The figures below are straight-line distances from the village to each place. A road journey is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again.

Distances from Larabal
Tehsil headquarters Beerwah 3.0 km
Nearest railway station Naid Gaam Railway Station 11 km
District headquarters Badgam 12 km
Nearest town Soyībug 15 km

Villages closest to Larabal

These are the nearest recorded villages by distance rather than by name, all of them in Beerwah tehsil.

Source: Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. Figures have not been revised since collection. Read more on our about the data page.

Common questions about Larabal

As per the Census of India 2011, Larabal village had a population of 419. That makes it the 88th largest of the 103 villages in the tehsil, among the smaller settlements locally for the tehsil, where the typical village holds 1,479 residents.

Larabal village has 218 males and 201 females as recorded in the 2011 census.

Working from the 2011 counts, Larabal has about 922 females for every 1000 males. In short, there are noticeably fewer women than men, though that is a little above the tehsil average of 889.

The pincode recorded for Larabal is 193411. Large villages sometimes share a pincode with neighbouring settlements.

Larabal covers 26.8 hectares as recorded in the census. Against its 2011 population that is roughly 16 people per hectare, densely settled for a rural area.

Larabal falls under Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district in Jammu and Kashmir.

The nearest railway station to Larabal is Naid Gaam Railway Station, about 11 km away in a straight line. The 2011 census recorded it as available within 10+ km distance.

The census records public bus service as Available within 5 - 10 km distance and private bus service as Available within village for Larabal.

Larabal is about 12 km from Badgam in a straight line. Road distance is longer, usually by a quarter to a half again, depending on the route.

Larabal is in Beerwah tehsil of Badgam district. Beerwah is about 3.0 km away. Naid Gaam Railway Station is about 11 km away. Badgam is about 12 km away. Straight-line distances are a guide to how far out the village sits, not a driving figure.

The closest recorded villages are Kandoora (under 2 km), Dachan (under 2 km) and Najan (1.6 km).

No. It is the count from the Census of India 2011, the most recent completed census. The population of Larabal today is likely to be higher.

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